Cross-fertilisation

Sorry about the awful iPhone picture. But this evening's concert is worth recording. Jazz pianist Edouard Ferlet and harpsichordist Violaine Cochard met in 2012 when they were both guests on a radio programme to promote their new Bach-related CDs. The host suggested that they do a couple of duets for the show. The result four years on is an album, Plucked Unplucked,  this stage with a piano and a harpsichord side by side, and a talented harpsichordist who now takes jazz improvisation in her stride. Have a listen here. For their encore they were joined by the concert organisers on flute and bongo drum for a highly unusual jam session. The sound engineer deserves some credit too; at times the two instruments sounded like a whole orchestra.

It was a lovely warm evening; the concert was in the Cour de la Madeleine, the beautiful inner courtyard of the town hall in Narbonne. I went on my own but bumped into L and J there, which was nice. I think the music was a bit far out for some people, but I enjoyed it. And it's not every day you get to listen to jazz played on a harpsichord.